Mounting Skirts And Lip

[nakuma]

Hi guys,

Newbie question here, but as I've never fitted any body work to a car before I thought I'd ask you guys for advice before I took it to a shop.

I've recently purchased two skirts and the nismo lip for series 2 r33. Best part about it is the colour already matches mine which is standard silver.

The question is; because my car doesn't have those little clip holes where the skirt mounts, what's the best way to put them on so they very secure. I've heard double sided tape works well or that I need to drill holes. I'm hoping there is an option which is more secure than the first and less dramatic than the second. Or do I need to find some mounting brakets?

Same deal with the lip; do I need to drill holes in the front spoiler to bolt it to the lip? If I do, I'm guessing it would be best to remove it first before joining them together.

Cheers,

Shane

[istdercollen]

So you mean that you have removed the stock sideskirts to find that there are no mounting holes

whatsoever? They should be there from the factory. Anyway with the sideskirts being mounted on both ends by two screws, I don't think it would fall off anyway. The clips/double sided tape would just keep them from banging the side of the car. Take off the sideskirts on the car and see what is back there. If there are no holes along the side of your car already I will be quite confused.

[nakuma]

I mean my car never had side skirts, so I bought some.

The car they came off had about 10 of so little slots for the clips on the back of the skirt.

Mine doesn't because it's never been fitted with skirts.

[istdercollen]

post up a picture mate. every gts-t I've ever seen has some type of sideskirt whether factory or not. I might be completely off though.

[Craig SLO33]

what you can do is, put a couple of small runs of SIKAFLEX behind the skirts, this will act like the clips you dont have. hold the skirts on tight with masking tape onto the car, being careful not to put tape on too hard, so it doesnt pull off any paint when you remove it. let the sikaflex dry before removing tape, hope this helps you ,Craig

[nakuma]

Here is what I mean

It's metal, just part of the body

[S1LV3RTRACKS]

post up a picture mate. every gts-t I've ever seen has some type of sideskirt whether factory or not. I might be completely off though.

They do come without sideskirts. My other R33 SII did not come with any fitted. Looks exactly like the picture above ^. Came like this from Japan as I am the first owner in Australia.

Edited April 25, 2010 by S1LV3RTRACKS

[sneki81]

what you can do is, put a couple of small runs of SIKAFLEX behind the skirts, this will act like the clips you dont have. hold the skirts on tight with masking tape onto the car, being careful not to put tape on too hard, so it doesnt pull off any paint when you remove it. let the sikaflex dry before removing tape, hope this helps you ,Craig

this- easiest solution.